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short of1Less than: he died at sixty-one, four years short of his pensionable age...- Alan Knott remembers it with some bitterness as he was stranded on 96 not out, four runs short of a maiden test century.
- They were four players short of the team that had won the Munster crown but the replacements were also top class.
- He was out caught to a fine catch by Hayward at mid-off just four short of his best of 73 not out.
1.1Not reaching as far as: a rocket failure left a satellite tumbling in an orbit far short of its proper position...- She had to abandon her singles effort when she fell short of the main draw.
- We had reached the village of Brecy by nightfall, some way short of our objective.
- She backed up and sped down the driveway and stopped just inches short of the closed gate.
1.2Without going so far as (some extreme action): short of putting out an all-persons alert, there’s little else we can do...- Accept that there will be no solution to Muslim extremism short of a settlement for Palestine.
- If you're good friends with people throwing the kegger, you have no excuse not to go short of a wedding or funeral.
- I don't know if Arthur Lee is in the house, but short of that, can you be the one to help our friend?
Synonyms apart from, other than, in any other way than, aside from, besides, except (for), excepting, without, without going so far as, excluding, leaving out, not counting, disregarding, save (for) See parent entry: short |